Inglewood Municipal Code § 12-44 Commercial Parking Requirements

The aggregate amount of off-street parking spaces provided in connection with each of the following uses shall be not less than the following, except as provided for properties located within a Transit Oriented Development Plan Area:

(1) General Business, Retail or Wholesale.

(a) For facilities not larger than eighteen thousand square feet in floor area: one parking space for each three hundred square feet of net floor area.

(b) For facilities larger than eighteen thousand square feet in floor area: sixty parking spaces, plus one parking space for each additional four hundred square feet of net floor area in excess of eighteen thousand square feet of floor area.

(2) Offices, Business and Professional, Other Than Medical and Dental. One space for each three hundred square feet of net floor area.

(3) Other Uses.

(a) Auction Houses. One space for each three hundred square feet of net floor area.

(b) Automobile Repair Garages. One space for each three hundred square feet of net floor area plus one parking space per service bay.

(c) Bakeries, Confectioneries, Take-Out Restaurants, and the Like, Where the Food Is Not Consumed on the Premises. One parking space for each three hundred square feet of net floor area.

(d) Banks, Savings-and-Loans, or Check-Cashing Stores. One space for each one hundred fifty square feet of net floor area.

(e) Car Washes. One parking space for each two thousand square feet of site area, exclusive of vehicle queuing lanes.

(f) Health Clubs and Studios for Music, Dance, Martial Arts and Similar Activities. One parking space for each one hundred fifty square feet of net floor area.

(g) Hotels or Motels.

(i) For facilities having one hundred or fewer bed-rooms: two parking spaces, plus one parking space for each bedroom or any other room that can be used for sleeping purposes; and

(ii) For facilities having more than one hundred bedrooms: one hundred two parking spaces, plus one parking space for each additional two bedrooms or any other room that can be used for sleeping purposes.

Furthermore, restaurant and meeting facilities shall be provided with additional parking spaces as required for each respective use.

(h) Lumber or Building Material Sales. One parking space for each three hundred square feet of net floor area in offices and indoor sales area, plus one space for each two thousand square feet of gross site area.

(i) Markets, Food and Liquor Stores. One space for each one hundred fifty square feet of net floor area.

(j) Medical, Dental or Optical Offices, Outpatient Clinics, Acupressure and Therapeutic Treatment Clinics. One parking space for each two hundred square feet of net floor area.

Exception: for kidney dialysis treatment facilities only, one parking space for each three hundred square feet of net floor area.

Note: For all medical, outpatient and dialysis offices and facilities, not less than ten percent of all required parking spaces shall be handicapped parking spaces per Section 12-57 of this Article.

(k) Mortuaries and Wedding Chapels. One parking space for each four hundred square feet of net floor area or one space for each seventy-five square feet of chapel or other assembly room floor area, whichever is greater.

(l) New or Used Motor Vehicle Sales Including Classic/Vintage, Collectible and Luxury Care Sales, Boat Sales, Trailer Sales and the Like. One parking space for each one thousand square feet of site area.

(m) Plant Nurseries and Similar Open Uses Not Located Within a Building. One parking space for each one thousand square feet of gross site area.

(n) Restaurants, Bars and Cafés. One parking space for each one hundred fifty square feet of net floor area.

(o) Service Shops (printing, cleaning, repair and the like). One parking space for each three hundred square feet of net floor area.

(p) Service Stations (gas sales only). One parking space for each three thousand square feet of gross site area. (See also Automobile Repair Garages.)

(q) Shopping Centers.

(i) For centers less than three thousand square feet in floor area: one parking space for each one hundred fifty square feet of net floor area.

(ii) For centers between three thousand square feet and fourteen thousand square feet in floor area: twenty parking spaces, plus one additional parking space for each additional two hundred seventy-five square feet of net floor area in excess of three thousand square feet of floor area.

(iii) For centers larger than fourteen thousand square feet in floor area: sixty parking spaces, plus one additional parking space for each additional four hundred square feet of net floor area in excess of fourteen thousand square feet of floor area.

(r) Theaters. One parking space for each five fixed seats or each thirty-five square feet of floor area (exclusive of halls, stairs, lobby, theater offices or restrooms).

(s) Night clubs, discos and other forms of live entertainment conducted in conjunction with existing establishments like restaurants, bars and the like. One parking space for each seventy-five square feet of net floor area. Night clubs, discos and other forms of live entertainment conducted not in conjunction with existing establishments like restaurants, bars and the like must provide one parking space for each thirty-five square feet of net floor area.

Exception: any incidental or ancillary uses to commercial establishments like restaurants and bars with defined seating are allowed to have a maximum stage floor area of seventy-five square feet without requiring additional parking.

(t) Hookah Lounges. One space for each seventy-five square feet of gross floor area.

(Ord. 02-12 3-19-02; Ord. 87-3 3-17-87; Ord. 94-09 4-26-94; Ord. 95-23 10-10-95; Ord. 96-17 9-10-96; Ord. 06-07 5-16-06; Ord. 11-03 4-19-11; Ord. 12-02 2-28-12; Ord. 17-01 11-01-16; Ord. 22-03 12-14-21; Ord. 23-01 10-11-22; Ord. 23-07 1-31-23)